Picked up a deal on a boat/motor/trailer last year and stored it away. Started looking at it recently and the boat is going to scrap...(tri-hill plastic Crestliner) but the 64-66 Merc looked to be complete, and not frozen so I removed it and started to play with it on the weekend. I was really...
I recently picked up a nice clean 1990 Force 15 but am having a heck of time getting it to run. I can't get the float/needle to work properly. I pump the fuel line ball and when the bowl fills fuel starts to squirt out of what I assume is an overflow port on the side of it and the ball will...
Even though I have lots of experience restoring these 4 cyl Mercs I am running out of ideas here on this 1972 Merc 50 with lightening energizer ignition. It has great spark on all 4? it has good compression(actually I have only checked the top two holes now that I think of it). Somebody had...
Re: 1980 Chrysler 30hp - Idle/Timing Help Please?
Answers to your questions and pics.
1. Are you saying someone pulled the shift rod pin vs the drain plug? You thought you got it back into the fork but NO? That is a total pain if so and enough to give up a motor.
Yes apparently they did...
I picked up this 30 HP Chrysler (1980) that I am trying to get running right. Just finished fixing the lower unit after some diy'er had removed the shift pivot screw/pin. That was fun. Now I have it running/pumping/shifting etc but it is not running right. It's misfiring at idle something...
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Just picked up a pair of ?89 Force motors. One 50 and one 35hp. The 50 is running great but for a pretty loud knock/tap. In any case I sold it cheap to a kid who was aware and willing to figure it out.
Now for the 35. Fired it up and it ran but would only stay running on an advanced...
Re: 1988 Gamefisher(by Force) Recoil Issue
Sure I can take a couple of pics. Nothing appears to be missing and according the parts diagram for my motors recoil(like I posted) I have everything listed. Does not appear to be any pauls or teeth or anything to engage the flywheel...which by the...
I just picked up a really nice clean Gamefisher 7.5 (built by Force) short shaft that appears to have very low hours. Problem is the recoil. When pulled it just comes out and spring brings it back it but does not engage the flywheel. I pulled the recoil off and do not see anything link...
I have this nice little very low use '96 Force 5hp(made in Mexico) that will not start cold. If I squirt a little pre-mix fuel into the plug hole it fires right up on one pull and runs great. Once warm it restarts every time. As soon as it sits and gets cold it won't start.
I have replaced the...
Is this really that bad of an engineering design? I am restoring a '64 Merc 350 2cyl Merc shorty. Had no spark. Pulled the plugs to make diagnosis easy ....pulled the flywheel and replaced the points and condensors and got good spark. All good right? Wrong.....as soon as I put the plugs back in...
I have a '75 Merc 50 blue stripe(SN 4286540) with no spark. After some testing I figured it was the switch box. I found a local guy that had a brand new one part number 337-4411 that was in original box with receipt when he bought it in 1989.
Observations..
1) After I got home and...
I picked up a 1968 Johnson FD-20M recently for a good price. Previous owner said it was his grandpa's and sat for many years. He replaced a bunch of stuff..... points, condensors, coils, fuel pump, carb kit etc. but said he could not get it to start. For the price I took the chance.
As soon...
I recently picked up a nice 1988 Mariner 60hp( 3-cyl). It came with controls but the key cyl was damaged and there was no key. I picked up a replacement ignition switch (Sierra MP41080). I attempted to wire it into the controls but did something wrong as it blew the inline fuse on the red...
I hope someone can answer my question.
Will the lower unit/gearcase from a 1990 Evinrude 90hp( VE90TLESB ) bolt up to a 1983 Evinrude 70hp(E70ELCTE)?
I know that one is a V4 and the other is a 3 cyl and at first search.... the part numbers are different. But I also know that this does not...
Re: 1972 Merc 650 3 CYL.... No Spark
Thanks Gibbles... those pics help a lot. This should help me determine if I have it lined up at the right initial spot. Here is a picture of my motor with the little cast marks lined up on the wheel and housing. Looking straight on the mounting post where...
